Wisconsin Badgers

Eligibility (Indoor/Outdoor): Redshirt Senior/Redshirt Senior

Notables
• Academic All-Big Ten (2013, 2014)

At Wisconsin
2016 Outdoor: At the Big Ten Championships (5/13-15), earned a PR in the 110 hurdles and recorded individual marks of 10.99 / 23-4 / 40-10 ¼ / 6-0 ¾ /52.23 /14.88 /123-9 /14-1 ¾ /175-3 / 5:03.95 to earn a PR score of 7,085 to take seventh in the decathlon ... Competed in the 100 meters finishing 33rd in 11.28 and also the 200 meters clocking a time of 22.25 finishing 22nd. Ran in the 110 hurdles, earning a 22nd place finish with a time of 15.34 while also earning a seventh place finish in the pole vault with a personal best mark of 14-11 (4.55m) at the Triton Invitational... earned a new personal best in the decathlon with a total score of 7,068, earning a 13th place finish at the Spec Towns Invitational (4/8-9) ... placed fourth in the 110 meter hurdles in 15.24 seconds, also took 14th in the javelin with a throw of 168-9 (51.44m) at the Aztec Invitational (3/24-26)

2016 Indoor: Marked a career best in the heptathlon with 5,356 points earning a fourth place finish at the Big Ten Championships (2/27) ... finished 11th in the pole vault with a bounce of 14-0 (4.27m) at the Red and White Open (2/19)... amassed a total score and career best of 5,220 points in the heptathlon earning a fourth place finish and included personal bests in the 60  meter hurdles (8.37) and pole vault (14-9 (4.50m)) at the Jack Jennett Invitational (1/30)... claimed a fifth place finish in the long jump with a mark of 22- 1 (6.73m) while also earning sixth place finish in the high jump clearing 6- 0 3/4 (1.84m) at the Wisconsin vs. Minnesota Dual (1/23)... finished first in the long jump and fourth in the 60 meter hurdles with marks of 22- 10 3/4 (6.98) and 8.49, respectively, at the Wisconsin vs. Notre Dame Dual (1/16)

2015 Outdoor: Finished eighth in the decathlon at the Big Ten Championship (5/15-17) with a score of 7,047 and event marks of (11.08 / 6.74m / 12.25m / 1.93m / 51.91 / 15.15 / 38.09m / 4.25m / 55.69m / 5:03.09) ... Finished fourth in the 110 hurdles with a time of 15.10, placed fifth in the high jump with a clearance of 6-2 3/4 (1.90m), and finished tenth in the pole vault with a clearance of 14-4 1/2 (4.38m) at the Wisconsin Twilight (5/8) ... Finished 12th in the high jump clearing 6-3 1/4 (1.91m) and placed 10th in the long jump with a leap of 22-3 (6.78m) at the Musco Twilight (5/2) ... at the Drake Relays (4/22-23), finished seventh in the the decathlon with a score of 6,840 setting a personal record in discus with a throw of 128-0 (39.03m) ... in the season debut, finished second in the decathlon with a score of 6,837 points setting a personal record in the pole vault clearing 14-1 1/4 (4.30m) at the Sam Admas Invite (4/3-4)

2015 Indoor: At the Big Ten Championship (2/27-28) competed in the heptathlon where is scored 5,182 points and set personal records in the pole vault (14-9 (4.50m)) and the 60-meter hurdles (8.42) ... finished second in high jump clearing 6-3 1/2 (1.92m) at the Red and White Open (2/20) ... placed 18th in the 60-meter hurdles at the ISU Classic (2/13-14) with a time of 8.56 ... finished 36th in the preliminary round of the 60-meter hurdles in 8.51 and took 39th place in long jump with a leap of 21-10 1/4 (6.66m) at the Armory Track Invitational (1/30-31) ... at the Wisconsin vs. Minnesota Dual (1/24), took third in the 60 meter hurdles with a time 8.46, earned fifth in pole vault with the height of 13-11 1/4 (4.25m) and finished fourth in long jump with a leap of 22-5 1/4 (6.84m) ... in his season debut, finished second and set a personal record in 60-meter hurdles (8.46), placed eighth in pole vault (13-07 1/4 (4.15m)), came in sixth in high jump (6-0 3/4 (1.85m)) and competed in the 4x400 meter relay to claim first in 3:24.21 at the Wisconsin Open (1/17)

2014 Indoor: Finished seventh in the heptathlon by totaling a personal-record 5,211 points, including personal bests in the 60-meter hurdles (8.57), long jump (22-7 1/4 (6.89m)) and shot put (43-7 (13.28m)) at the Big Ten championships (2/28-3/1) ... at the Red a White Open (2/21), finished third in the preliminary round of the 60-meter hurdles (8.60), fourth in the pole vault (12-11 3/4 (3.96m)) and sixth in the high jump (6-0 1/2 (1.84m)) ... placed 15th in the high jump with a leap of 6-3 (1.91m) and finished 29th in the preliminary round of the 60-meter hurdles by crossing the finish line in 8.66 at the Armory Collegiate Invitational (2/8) ... competing in the first heptathlon of the season, finished third with a career-best total of 5,025 points, setting personal records in the 60 meters (7.15), 60-meter hurdles (8.58) and shot put (42-9 (13.03m)) at the Bill Bergan Invitational (1/30-31) ... at the Wisconsin Elite Invitational (1/25), set personal records in the 60-meter hurdles (8.68) and pole vault (13-11 1/4 (4.25m)) ... also finished fourth in the long jump with a leap of 21-11 3/4 (6.70m) ... at the Wisconsin vs. Missouri Dual (1/18), finished third in the long jump with a leap of 21-11 3/4 (6.70m) and third in the high jump with a personal-best leap of 6-6 3/4 (2.00m) ... in his season debut, finished second in both the pole vault and high jump by clearing a personal-best height of 13-5 1/4 (4.10m) and 6-2 3/4 (1.90m), respectively, at the Badger Indoor Open (1/17)

2014 Outdoor: Placed fourth in the decathlon at the Big Ten championships (5/16-5/18) with a personal-best score of 6,963, while setting a personal record in the javelin (181-0 (55.17m) ... set personal-best marks in the high jump (6-5 (1.96m)) and in the 110 hurdles (115.18) at the Wisconsin Open (5/10) ... at the Tom Botts Invitational (5/3), finished third in the javelin with a personal-best throw of 177-3 (54.04m) ... at the Long Beach Invitational (4/19), placed 25th in the long jump (21-10 3/4 (6.67m)), 36th in the 110 hurdles (15.45) and 56th in the discus (124-9 (38.03m)) ... also finished 27th in the 110 hurdles (15.74m) and 29th in the pole vault (12-11 (3.94m)) at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4/18) ... finished seventh in the decathlon by totaling 6,747 points while setting personal records in the pole vault (13-7 1/4 (4.15m)) and shot put (42-11 1/2 (13.09m)) at the Georgia Bulldog Decathlon (4/10-11) ... making his outdoor debut, finished fourth in the 110-meter hurdles (15.33), fifth in the high jump (6-4 (1.93m)) and 15th in the discus (122-1 (37.21m)) at the Walt Disney World Open (3/21-22)

2013 Indoor: Finished 15th in the hepthatlon with a career-best 4,887 points and set personal records in the 60 hurdles (8.85) and long jump (22-2 1/2, 6.77m) at the Big Ten championships (2/23) ... set a personal best in the pole vault, clearing a height of 12-5 1/2 (3.80m) and finishing 13th at the Red a White Open (2/15) ... also finished seventh in the 60 hurdles in 8.93 seconds and fifth in the long jump with a leap of 21-9 1/2 (6.64m) ... finished ninth in the heptathlon with 4,745 points at the Frank Sevigne Invitational (2/2) ... in the heptathlon, set personal bests in the 1000 meters (2:56.89) and the pole vault (11-11 3/4; 3.65m) ... placed seventh in the 60-meter hurdles in a career-best 8.88 seconds at the Badger Track Classic (1/12) ... set new career bests in the high jump with a leap of 6-1 1/4 (1.86m) and the shot put with a throw of 41-0 1/4 (12.50m) ... finished third in the long jump with a jump of 21-1 1/4 (6.66m)

2013 Outdoor: Finished 10th in the decathlon at the Big Ten championships (5/10-11) with a personal-best score of 6,836 ... at the Wisconsin Open (5/4), placed third in the 110-meter hurdles in a personal-best 15.65 seconds and won the long jump with a leap of 22-1 (6.73m) ... finished fifth in the 110-meter hurdles in 16.08 seconds, fifth in the pole vault with a clearance of 13-1 3/4 (4.01m), fifth in the long jump with a leap of 20-11 1/4 (6.38m) and ninth in the javelin with a throw of 162-4 (49.48m)at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational (4/26-27) ... in his first-career decathlon, finished runner up with 6,800 points at the California Invitational (4/17-18), including a victory in the 100 meters in a personal-best time of 11.06 seconds ... at the Yellow Jacket Invitational (3/30), finished eighth in the javelin with a personal-best distance of 162-7 (49.56m), eighth in the discus with a career-best heave of 122-8 (37.39m) and 16th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 16.37 seconds

2012 Indoor: Competing unattached, tallied 3,168 points and finished fifth in the pentathlon at the Wisconsin Invitational (1/20), which included a personal-best clearance of 5-11 1/2 (1.82m) in the high jump ... dashed to a personal-best time of 7.16 seconds and finished 10th in a preliminary section of the 60 meters at the Badger Track Classic (1/14), and also finished 16th with a personal-best heave of 37-3 3/4 (11.37m) in the shot put ... finished seventh, competing unattached, in the 60 meters with a time of 7.28 and also placed fourth in the long jump with a leap of 21-10 1/4 (6.66m) at the Red a White Open (2/17)

2012 Outdoor: Finished fourth in the javelin with a personal-best toss of 156-9 (47.79m), fifth in the long jump with a personal-best leap of 21-6 (6.55m) and 13th in the 400 meters in a personal-best time of 52.14 seconds at the Wisconsin Open (5/5)

Personal
Son of Randy and Ruth Foss ... has an older brother, Andrew, and a younger brother, Ethan ... major is economics

Why Wisconsin?
"Highly successful academics and athletics."

At the Big Ten Championships
2016 - Outdoor
Decathlon: 7th - 7,085 (10.99 / 23-4 / 40-10 ¼ / 6-0 ¾ /52.23 /14.88 /123-9 /14-1 ¾ /175-3 / 5:03.95)

2016 - Indoor
Heptathlon: 4th - 5,356 (7.20 / 22-11 ¼ / 41-4 ¼ / 6-3 ½ / 8.35 / 14-6 ¼ / 2:54.26)

2015 - Outdoor
Decathlon: 8th - 7,047 (11.08 / 6.74m / 12.25m / 1.93m / 51.91 / 15.15 / 38.09m / 4.25m / 55.69m / 5:03.09)

2015 - Indoor
Heptathlon: 11th (5,182)

2014 - Outdoor
Decathlon: 4th (6,963)

2014 - Indoor
Heptathlon: 7th (5,211)

2013 - Outdoor
Decathlon: 10th (6,836)

2013 - Indoor
Heptathlon: 15th (4,887)